diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
index 07847d9a459a..ad5c5161bcd6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ config ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC
 	  found on Aspeed SOCs (AST2400 and AST2500). The driver
 	  implements the BMC side of the BT interface.
 
+config SSIF_IPMI_BMC
+	tristate "SSIF IPMI BMC driver"
+	select I2C
+	select I2C_SLAVE
+	help
+	  This enables the IPMI SMBus system interface (SSIF) at the
+	  management (BMC) side.
+
+	  The driver implements the BMC side of the SMBus system
+	  interface (SSIF).
+
 config IPMB_DEVICE_INTERFACE
 	tristate 'IPMB Interface handler'
 	depends on I2C
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile b/drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile
index 0822adc2ec41..d04a214d74c4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC) += bt-bmc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_KCS_IPMI_BMC) += kcs_bmc_aspeed.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NPCM7XX_KCS_IPMI_BMC) += kcs_bmc_npcm7xx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPMB_DEVICE_INTERFACE) += ipmb_dev_int.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SSIF_IPMI_BMC) += ssif_bmc.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0ea7059b1db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,605 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * The driver for BMC side of SSIF interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Ampere Computing LLC
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+#include "ssif_bmc.h"
+
+/* Handle SSIF message that will be sent to user */
+static ssize_t ssif_bmc_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
+	struct ssif_msg msg;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+	while (!ssif_bmc->request_available) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+		ret = wait_event_interruptible(ssif_bmc->wait_queue,
+					       ssif_bmc->request_available);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+	}
+
+	count = min_t(ssize_t, ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request),
+		      min_t(ssize_t, sizeof(struct ssif_msg), count));
+	memcpy(&msg, &ssif_bmc->request, count);
+	ssif_bmc->request_available = false;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+
+	ret = copy_to_user(buf, &msg, count);
+	goto out;
+
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+out:
+	return (ret < 0) ? ret : count;
+}
+
+/* Handle SSIF message that is written by user */
+static ssize_t ssif_bmc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
+			      loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
+	struct ssif_msg msg;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (count > sizeof(struct ssif_msg))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = copy_from_user(&msg, buf, count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!msg.len || count < ssif_msg_len(&msg))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+	while (ssif_bmc->response_in_progress) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+		ret = wait_event_interruptible(ssif_bmc->wait_queue,
+					       !ssif_bmc->response_in_progress);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+	}
+
+	memcpy(&ssif_bmc->response, &msg, count);
+	ssif_bmc->is_singlepart_read = (ssif_msg_len(&msg) <= MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION + 1);
+	ssif_bmc->response_in_progress = true;
+	if (ssif_bmc->set_ssif_bmc_status)
+		ssif_bmc->set_ssif_bmc_status(ssif_bmc, SSIF_BMC_READY);
+
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+
+out:
+	return (ret < 0) ? ret : count;
+}
+
+static int ssif_bmc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+	if (!ssif_bmc->running)
+		ssif_bmc->running = 1;
+	else
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static unsigned int ssif_bmc_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
+
+	poll_wait(file, &ssif_bmc->wait_queue, wait);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+	/*
+	 * The request message is now available so userspace application can
+	 * get the request
+	 */
+	if (ssif_bmc->request_available)
+		mask |= POLLIN;
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+
+	return mask;
+}
+
+static int ssif_bmc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+	ssif_bmc->running = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * System calls to device interface for user apps
+ */
+static const struct file_operations ssif_bmc_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.open		= ssif_bmc_open,
+	.read		= ssif_bmc_read,
+	.write		= ssif_bmc_write,
+	.release	= ssif_bmc_release,
+	.poll		= ssif_bmc_poll,
+};
+
+/* Called with ssif_bmc->lock held. */
+static void handle_request(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc)
+{
+	if (ssif_bmc->set_ssif_bmc_status)
+		ssif_bmc->set_ssif_bmc_status(ssif_bmc, SSIF_BMC_BUSY);
+
+	/* Request message is available to process */
+	ssif_bmc->request_available = true;
+	/*
+	 * This is the new READ request.
+	 */
+	wake_up_all(&ssif_bmc->wait_queue);
+}
+
+/* Called with ssif_bmc->lock held. */
+static void complete_response(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc)
+{
+	/* Invalidate response in buffer to denote it having been sent. */
+	ssif_bmc->response.len = 0;
+	ssif_bmc->response_in_progress = false;
+	ssif_bmc->nbytes_processed = 0;
+	ssif_bmc->remain_len = 0;
+	wake_up_all(&ssif_bmc->wait_queue);
+}
+
+static void set_multipart_response_buffer(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc, u8 *val)
+{
+	u8 response_len = 0;
+	int idx = 0;
+	u8 data_len;
+
+	data_len = ssif_bmc->response.len;
+	switch (ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd) {
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_START:
+		/*
+		 * Read Start length is 32 bytes.
+		 * Read Start transfer first 30 bytes of IPMI response
+		 * and 2 special code 0x00, 0x01.
+		 */
+		*val = MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION;
+		ssif_bmc->remain_len = data_len - MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_START_TRANSACTION;
+		ssif_bmc->block_num = 0;
+
+		ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = 0x00; /* Start Flag */
+		ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = 0x01; /* Start Flag */
+		ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = ssif_bmc->response.netfn_lun;
+		ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = ssif_bmc->response.cmd;
+		ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = ssif_bmc->response.payload[0];
+
+		response_len = MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION - idx;
+
+		memcpy(&ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx], &ssif_bmc->response.payload[1],
+		       response_len);
+		break;
+
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_MIDDLE:
+		/*
+		 * IPMI READ Middle or READ End messages can carry up to 31 bytes
+		 * IPMI data plus block number byte.
+		 */
+		if (ssif_bmc->remain_len < MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_MIDDLE_TRANSACTION) {
+			/*
+			 * This is READ End message
+			 *  Return length is the remaining response data length
+			 *  plus block number
+			 *  Block number 0xFF is to indicate this is last message
+			 *
+			 */
+			*val = ssif_bmc->remain_len + 1;
+			ssif_bmc->block_num = 0xFF;
+			ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = ssif_bmc->block_num;
+			response_len = ssif_bmc->remain_len;
+			/* Clean the buffer */
+			memset(&ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx], 0, MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION - idx);
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * This is READ Middle message
+			 *  Response length is the maximum SMBUS transfer length
+			 *  Block number byte is incremented
+			 * Return length is maximum SMBUS transfer length
+			 */
+			*val = MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION;
+			ssif_bmc->remain_len -= MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_MIDDLE_TRANSACTION;
+			response_len = MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_MIDDLE_TRANSACTION;
+			ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx++] = ssif_bmc->block_num;
+			ssif_bmc->block_num++;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(&ssif_bmc->response_buf[idx],
+		       ssif_bmc->response.payload + 1 + ssif_bmc->nbytes_processed,
+		       response_len);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* Do not expect to go to this case */
+		dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev,
+			"Error: Unexpected SMBus command received 0x%x\n", ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	ssif_bmc->nbytes_processed += response_len;
+}
+
+/* Process the IPMI response that will be read by master */
+static void handle_read_processed(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc, u8 *val)
+{
+	u8 *buf;
+	u8 pec_len, addr, len;
+	u8 pec = 0;
+
+	pec_len = ssif_bmc->pec_support ? 1 : 0;
+	/* PEC - Start Read Address */
+	addr = GET_8BIT_ADDR(ssif_bmc->client->addr);
+	pec = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, &addr, 1);
+	/* PEC - SSIF Command */
+	pec = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, &ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd, 1);
+	/* PEC - Restart Write Address */
+	addr = addr | 0x01;
+	pec = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, &addr, 1);
+
+	if (ssif_bmc->is_singlepart_read) {
+		/* Single-part Read processing */
+		buf = (u8 *)&ssif_bmc->response;
+
+		if (ssif_bmc->response.len && ssif_bmc->msg_idx < ssif_bmc->response.len) {
+			ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+			*val = buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx];
+		} else if (ssif_bmc->response.len && ssif_bmc->msg_idx == ssif_bmc->response.len) {
+			ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+			*val = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, buf, ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->response));
+		} else {
+			*val = 0;
+		}
+		/* Invalidate response buffer to denote it is sent */
+		if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx + 1 >= (ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->response) + pec_len))
+			complete_response(ssif_bmc);
+	} else {
+		/* Multi-part Read processing */
+		switch (ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd) {
+		case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_START:
+		case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_MIDDLE:
+			buf = (u8 *)&ssif_bmc->response_buf;
+			*val = buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx];
+			ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+			break;
+		default:
+			/* Do not expect to go to this case */
+			dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev,
+				"Error: Unexpected SMBus command received 0x%x\n",
+				ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd);
+			break;
+		}
+		len = (ssif_bmc->block_num == 0xFF) ?
+		       ssif_bmc->remain_len + 1 : MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION;
+		if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx == (len + 1)) {
+			pec = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, &len, 1);
+			*val = i2c_smbus_pec(pec, ssif_bmc->response_buf, len);
+		}
+		/* Invalidate response buffer to denote last response is sent */
+		if (ssif_bmc->block_num == 0xFF &&
+		    ssif_bmc->msg_idx > (ssif_bmc->remain_len + pec_len)) {
+			complete_response(ssif_bmc);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void handle_write_received(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc, u8 *val)
+{
+	u8 *buf;
+	u8 smbus_cmd;
+
+	buf = (u8 *)&ssif_bmc->request;
+	if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx >= sizeof(struct ssif_msg))
+		return;
+
+	smbus_cmd = ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd;
+	switch (smbus_cmd) {
+	case SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_WRITE:
+		/* Single-part write */
+		buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1] = *val;
+		ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+
+		break;
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_START:
+		/* Reset length to zero */
+		if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx == 1)
+			ssif_bmc->request.len = 0;
+
+		fallthrough;
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_MIDDLE:
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_END:
+		/* Multi-part write, 2nd byte received is length */
+		if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx == 1) {
+			ssif_bmc->request.len += *val;
+			ssif_bmc->recv_len = *val;
+		} else {
+			buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1 +
+			    ssif_bmc->request.len - ssif_bmc->recv_len]	= *val;
+		}
+
+		ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* Do not expect to go to this case */
+		dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev,
+			"Error: Unexpected SMBus command received 0x%x\n", ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static bool validate_pec(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc)
+{
+	u8 rpec = 0, cpec = 0;
+	bool ret = true;
+	u8 addr, index;
+	u8 *buf;
+
+	buf = (u8 *)&ssif_bmc->request;
+	switch (ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd) {
+	case SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_WRITE:
+		if ((ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1) == ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request)) {
+			/* PEC is not included */
+			ssif_bmc->pec_support = false;
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if ((ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1) != (ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request) + 1))
+			goto error;
+
+		/* PEC is included */
+		ssif_bmc->pec_support = true;
+		rpec = buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 2];
+		addr = GET_8BIT_ADDR(ssif_bmc->client->addr);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, &addr, 1);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, &ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd, 1);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, buf, ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request));
+		if (rpec != cpec) {
+			dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev, "Bad PEC 0x%02x vs. 0x%02x\n", rpec, cpec);
+			ret = false;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_START:
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_MIDDLE:
+	case SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_END:
+		index = ssif_bmc->request.len - ssif_bmc->recv_len;
+		if ((ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1 + index) == ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request)) {
+			/* PEC is not included */
+			ssif_bmc->pec_support = false;
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if ((ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 1 + index) != (ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request) + 1))
+			goto error;
+
+		/* PEC is included */
+		ssif_bmc->pec_support = true;
+		rpec = buf[ssif_bmc->msg_idx - 2 + index];
+		addr = GET_8BIT_ADDR(ssif_bmc->client->addr);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, &addr, 1);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, &ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd, 1);
+		cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, &ssif_bmc->recv_len, 1);
+		/* As SMBus specification does not allow the length
+		 * (byte count) in the Write-Block protocol to be zero.
+		 * Therefore, it is illegal to have the last Middle
+		 * transaction in the sequence carry 32-bytes and have
+		 * a length of ‘0’ in the End transaction.
+		 * But some users may try to use this way and we should
+		 * prevent ssif_bmc driver broken in this case.
+		 */
+		if (ssif_bmc->recv_len != 0)
+			cpec = i2c_smbus_pec(cpec, buf + 1 + index, ssif_bmc->recv_len);
+
+		if (rpec != cpec) {
+			dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev, "Bad PEC 0x%02x vs. 0x%02x\n", rpec, cpec);
+			ret = false;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+error:
+	/* Do not expect to go to this case */
+	dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev,
+		"Error: Unexpected length received %d\n", ssif_msg_len(&ssif_bmc->request));
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void complete_write_received(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc)
+{
+	u8 cmd = ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd;
+
+	/* A BMC that receives an invalid PEC shall drop the data for the write
+	 * transaction and any further transactions (read or write) until
+	 * the next valid read or write Start transaction is received
+	 */
+	if (!validate_pec(ssif_bmc)) {
+		dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev, "Received invalid PEC\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (cmd == SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_WRITE || cmd == SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_END)
+		handle_request(ssif_bmc);
+}
+
+static void initialize_transfer(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc, u8 *val)
+{
+	/* SMBUS command can vary (single or multi-part) */
+	ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd = *val;
+	ssif_bmc->msg_idx++;
+
+	if (ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd == SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_WRITE ||
+	    ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd == SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_START) {
+		/*
+		 * The response can be delayed in BMC causing host SSIF driver
+		 * to timeout and send a new request once BMC slave is ready.
+		 * In that case check for pending response and clear it
+		 */
+		if (ssif_bmc->response_in_progress) {
+			dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev,
+				"Warn: SSIF new request with pending response");
+			complete_response(ssif_bmc);
+		}
+	} else if (unlikely(ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd != SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_READ &&
+			    ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd != SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_MIDDLE &&
+			    ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd != SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_END &&
+			    ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd != SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_START &&
+			    ssif_bmc->smbus_cmd != SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_MIDDLE)) {
+		/* Unknown command, clear it */
+		dev_err(&ssif_bmc->client->dev, "Warn: Unknown SMBus command");
+		complete_response(ssif_bmc);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Callback function to handle I2C slave events
+ */
+static int ssif_bmc_cb(struct i2c_client *client, enum i2c_slave_event event, u8 *val)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+
+	/* I2C Event Handler:
+	 *   I2C_SLAVE_READ_REQUESTED	0x0
+	 *   I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_REQUESTED	0x1
+	 *   I2C_SLAVE_READ_PROCESSED	0x2
+	 *   I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_RECEIVED	0x3
+	 *   I2C_SLAVE_STOP		0x4
+	 */
+	switch (event) {
+	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_REQUESTED:
+		ssif_bmc->msg_idx = 0;
+		if (ssif_bmc->is_singlepart_read)
+			*val = ssif_bmc->response.len;
+		else
+			set_multipart_response_buffer(ssif_bmc, val);
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_REQUESTED:
+		ssif_bmc->msg_idx = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_PROCESSED:
+		handle_read_processed(ssif_bmc, val);
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_RECEIVED:
+		if (ssif_bmc->msg_idx)
+			handle_write_received(ssif_bmc, val);
+		else
+			initialize_transfer(ssif_bmc, val);
+
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_STOP:
+		if (ssif_bmc->last_event == I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_RECEIVED)
+			complete_write_received(ssif_bmc);
+		/* Reset message index */
+		ssif_bmc->msg_idx = 0;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	ssif_bmc->last_event = event;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ssif_bmc->lock, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc_alloc(struct i2c_client *client, int sizeof_priv)
+{
+	struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc;
+	int ret;
+
+	ssif_bmc = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*ssif_bmc) + sizeof_priv, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ssif_bmc)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	spin_lock_init(&ssif_bmc->lock);
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&ssif_bmc->wait_queue);
+	ssif_bmc->request_available = false;
+	ssif_bmc->response_in_progress = false;
+
+	/* Register misc device interface */
+	ssif_bmc->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+	ssif_bmc->miscdev.name = DEVICE_NAME;
+	ssif_bmc->miscdev.fops = &ssif_bmc_fops;
+	ssif_bmc->miscdev.parent = &client->dev;
+	ret = misc_register(&ssif_bmc->miscdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ssif_bmc->client = client;
+	ssif_bmc->client->flags |= I2C_CLIENT_SLAVE;
+
+	/* Register I2C slave */
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, ssif_bmc);
+	ret = i2c_slave_register(client, ssif_bmc_cb);
+	if (ret) {
+		misc_deregister(&ssif_bmc->miscdev);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	return ssif_bmc;
+
+out:
+	devm_kfree(&client->dev, ssif_bmc);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ssif_bmc_alloc);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Chuong Tran <chuong@os.amperecomputing.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Quan Nguyen <quan@os.amperecomputing.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device driver of the BMC IPMI SSIF interface.");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.h b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eab540061f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * The driver for BMC side of SSIF interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Ampere Computing LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef __SSIF_BMC_H__
+#define __SSIF_BMC_H__
+
+#define DEVICE_NAME				"ipmi-ssif-host"
+
+#define GET_8BIT_ADDR(addr_7bit)		(((addr_7bit) << 1) & 0xff)
+
+#define MSG_PAYLOAD_LEN_MAX			252
+
+/* A standard SMBus Transaction is limited to 32 data bytes */
+#define MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION		32
+
+#define MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_START_TRANSACTION	30
+#define MAX_IPMI_DATA_PER_MIDDLE_TRANSACTION	31
+
+#define SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_WRITE		0x2
+#define SSIF_IPMI_SINGLEPART_READ		0x3
+#define SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_START		0x6
+#define SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_MIDDLE	0x7
+#define SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_WRITE_END		0x8
+#define SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_START		0x3
+#define SSIF_IPMI_MULTIPART_READ_MIDDLE		0x9
+
+struct ssif_msg {
+	u8 len;
+	u8 netfn_lun;
+	u8 cmd;
+	u8 payload[MSG_PAYLOAD_LEN_MAX];
+} __packed;
+
+static inline u32 ssif_msg_len(struct ssif_msg *ssif_msg)
+{
+	return ssif_msg->len + 1;
+}
+
+#define SSIF_BMC_BUSY   0x01
+#define SSIF_BMC_READY  0x02
+
+struct ssif_bmc_ctx {
+	struct i2c_client	*client;
+	struct miscdevice	miscdev;
+	u8			running;
+	u8			smbus_cmd;
+	struct ssif_msg		request;
+	bool			request_available;
+	struct ssif_msg		response;
+	bool			response_in_progress;
+	/* Response buffer for Multi-part Read Transaction */
+	u8			response_buf[MAX_PAYLOAD_PER_TRANSACTION];
+	/* Flag to identify a Multi-part Read Transaction */
+	bool			is_singlepart_read;
+	u8			nbytes_processed;
+	u8			remain_len;
+	u8			recv_len;
+	/* Block Number of a Multi-part Read Transaction */
+	u8			block_num;
+	size_t			msg_idx;
+	enum i2c_slave_event	last_event;
+	bool			pec_support;
+	/* spinlock */
+	spinlock_t		lock;
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait_queue;
+	void (*set_ssif_bmc_status)(struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc, unsigned int flags);
+	void			*priv;
+};
+
+static inline struct ssif_bmc_ctx *to_ssif_bmc(struct file *file)
+{
+	return container_of(file->private_data, struct ssif_bmc_ctx, miscdev);
+}
+
+struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc_alloc(struct i2c_client *client, int sizeof_priv);
+
+#endif /* __SSIF_BMC_H__ */
